Tripod.



J. D. BOYD.

TRIPOD.

Arrmoulon mun MAY 5, 190a.

Patented July 12,1910.

A TTORNE YS 'tion with a camera; Fig. 2 is an enlarged llNlT STATES PATENT FFTQE.

JOHN D. BOYD, OF PITTSBURG, TEXAS.

TRIPOD.

964,381. sp cifi n f Letters nt Patented July 12, into. Application filed May 5, 1908. Serial No. 430,947.

To all whom it may concern: 8 are pivoted and also to mesh with the part Be it known that I, JonN D. Born, a citi- 3 of the head. The stem 7 also has a screw zen of the United States, and a resident of 9 projecting from its upper terminal, this Pittsburg, in the county of Camp and State screw 9 being of a smaller diameter than the of Texas, have invented a new and Improved stem 7. The screw 9 is adapted to engage a Tripod, of which the following is a full, threaded socket 10 in the upper part 2 of the clear, and exact description. head 1.. The parts 2 and 3 of the head 1 An object of the invention is to provide a are secured together by a hinge 11. As tripod which can be folded into such shape stated, the legs 8 are pivoted to the stem 7, 5 that it may resemble, and may be used as a these legs being telescopic and having their walking stick. inner members 12 disposed well within the Another object of my invention is to proouter members 13, when the tripod is to be vide a handle for the said tripod when used used as a walking stick or cane. The inner as a walking stick, it being possible to open members 12, may be of wood to insure lightthe handle in which means are provided by ness, but it is preferable to make the outer which a camera may be firmly secured to members 13 of metal. Through threaded the tripod irrespective of the depth of the openings in the outer members 13 pass small tripod socket in the camera. thumbscrews let, which are adapted to press Still another object is to provide a feragainst the inner members 12, to hold them rule for the tripod when used as a walking in position relatively to the outer members stick, the ferrule being adapted to hold the 13. Over the bottom of the camera legs, legs of the camera close together. which are preferably three in number, is se- Still other objects of the invention will cured a ferrule 15, which, as shown in the appear in the following more complete dedrawings, I attach by means of bayonet scription of the invention. joints 16, which are adapted to engage with I thi ifi ti I ill d ib y the stems of the thumbscrews 14 to hold the preferred embodiment of the invention but ferrule in pos tion relatlvely to the legs. .I d t li it lf th r t a I n id r Points 17 are introduced in the bottom of lf titl d t ll forms d b dithe inner leg members 12 as is customary in ments of the invention which may be held to I P fall within the scope of the appended claims. In using my invention, the ferrule 15 is Reference is to be had to the accompany removed from the legs 8 by means of a slight ing drawings, forming a part of this specifirotary movement which frees the bayonet cation, in which similar characters of referjoints, permitting the removal of the ferrule. 0 once indicate corresponding parts in all the The legs are then separated, and by means figures, in which of the thumbscrews 14, they are adjusted Figure l is a perspective view showing to the proper length. The whole head 1 is the tripod in position to be used in connecthen rotated relatively to the stem 7, so that the screw 9 is freed from the threaded socket 10 in the upper portion 2 of the head. It is then possible to open the head, the upper part 2 swinging backwardly 011 the hinge 11. The screw 9 is now adapted to engage with the screw thread in the tripod socket 1 in the camera, but as the depth of these tripod sockets varies, the exposed portion of the screw 9 may be increased or lessened by the rotation of the head 1 relatively to the stem 7, so that the screw 9 will be just long enough to fit the said socket. When the photographer has taken his pictures, the camera is unscrewed from the tripod, the upper portion 2 of the head is screwedclose to the lower portion 3, the inner members 12 of the legs 8 are pushed well within the outer members 13 and held in place by the thumbside elevation of the same, showing the tripod head, one of the tripod legs and the ferrule in section; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sec tional plan View showing the means by which the camera legs are pivoted to the head; Fig. 4c is a sectional plan View showing the lower portion of the camera legs and the ferrule engaging them; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the ferrule.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that I provide a camera head 1, which is divided into two parts, 2 and 3. The part 3 of the head 1 has an orifice 4t therethrough; and in which orifice is inserted an internally and externally threaded member 5, which is adapted to mesh with a thread 6, which is cut on the stem 7 on which the camera legs screws 14 and then the ferrule is adjusted by means of the bayonet joints 16, to hold the legs together and also to provide a ferrule for the device which may now be used as a cane or walking stick.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A tripod having telescopic legs which are adapted to fold together, means to hold the said legs extended at a proper length, and a ferrule which is adapted to fit the bottom of the said tripod legs and be held thereto by the said means.

2. A tripod having telescoping legs hinged to foldtogether, screws for securing the members of the legs in position, and a ferrule to receive the lower ends of the legs when folded, said ferrule having L-shaped slots in its upper edge to receive the said 3. A tripod having a screw projecting threaded socket to receive said end, and a head formed of two parts, the upper part being movable with respect to the lower part and provided with a threaded socket in its inner face, and the lower part interiorly threaded and screwing on said stem.

5. A tripod, comprising-a stem having a screw projecting from its upper end, telescoping legs hinged to the stem to fold together, a ferrule adapted to receive the lower ends of the legs when folded and to be secured thereto, and a two part; head, the lower part being vertically adjustableon the stem and the upper part movable with respect to the lower part and with which the screw of the stem engages.

6. In a tripod, a stem, two screws thereon, legs for the tripod, the legs being pivoted to the stem, and a divided head, each division of the head having a screw thread therein, each of the screws being adapted to mesh with the serewthread in one of the divisions of the head respectively.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing. witnesses.

JOHN D. BOYD.

\Vitnesses:

J. W. STANFIELD, T. F. STAMPS. 

